Warhammer: Angron Training Manual

Chapter 630: Mars Soldiers
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Time node: When the Terran Webway was successfully built and operated, the Emperor recalled Qin Xia and ordered the Quadrant to go to Mars.

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Quadrant took a transport plane to his own mechanical ark - the Queen of Glory-class battleship built later by the 11th Legion. This battleship was a farewell gift from Qin Xia to him.

After the transport plane entered the battleship and stopped at the newly built laboratory flight tunnel, Quadrant and the Imperial Guards accompanying him entered the laboratory.

As a scholar, Quadrant first checked the lab.

The environment is good and the experimental equipment is top-notch.

After paying attention to the laboratory, Quadrant began to consider why he was brought to Mars by the Emperor.

"What on earth does your majesty want me to do on Mars?"

After some thought, Quadrant thought of many possibilities. Since there was no way to be sure, he decided to ask the imperial guards who escorted him to the ship.

A squad of Custodes shield guards.

The leader of this team is a shield captain from the Imperial Guards. Judging from the various honor marks on his body, he is a veteran who has followed the Emperor since the War of Unification.

The entire Shield Squad is also made up of veterans, which means they were a makeshift, ace team put together to protect Quadrant alone.

"..."

The imperial guards leaned on their halberds in one hand and held large shields in the other, with their heads held high and their eyes fixed on the quadrant, without saying a word.

"What is your name, sir?" Quadrant asked the shield guard captain.

The company commander said nothing.

"Can I call you company commander directly?" asked Quadrant.

"Yes." A dull response came from under the company commander's helmet.

"Can you tell me what my mission is on Mars?"

"no."

"Did anyone tell you not to tell me?"

"Of course."

"..."

Quadrant sighed helplessly, stood where he was, and began to think again.

He really didn't want to leave the White Knight and go back to Mars. Mars had left him with a very bad impression.

Not to mention that he left Mars after severing his master-disciple relationship with Kelber.

Now the emperor has ordered me to come back, but he hasn't told me the reason. What should I do?

After some thought, Quadrant decided to just stay on this ship.

"Can I stay on this ship forever?" he asked.

"No." The shield guard captain raised his hand and pointed to the airtight door of the laboratory, his meaning was very clear.

Quadrant sighed helplessly again, turned around and walked out of the laboratory.

The Guards followed behind the Quadrant.

The group boarded a transport plane and flew to Mars.

When the red planet with many steel scars appeared in the window of the transport plane, Quadrant suddenly felt uneasy.

The experiences in childhood, the experience of being transformed by Kelbohar, and the previous battle with Kelbo that severed the relationship between master and disciple...all the past events kept emerging in Quadrant's mind.

The quadrant became increasingly anxious, so anxious that it had to control the neural implant to increase the secretion of serotonin, but in the end it only caused it to fall into calm anxiety.

"I don't understand why he wants me to go back to Mars."

Quadrant couldn't help but complain to the imperial guards.

"I was exiled, and I am the first person on Mars to sever the relationship between my mentor and my apprentice."

"My reputation stinks."

"I'll be thankful if we're not greeted by gunfire when we head to the surface."

"It's useless even if you are behind me. No one will welcome you to come with me as they welcome the Emperor."

"Even this time... Qin Xia is not accompanying me back to Mars this time... I am alone and helpless... like a soldier on the battlefield who doesn't know where the army has gone..."

The Quadrant complained, its body gradually curled up and slid off the chair into the corner of the cabin.

The guards never took their eyes off Quadrant, staring at him without saying a word.

Finally the transport plane landed on the surface.

The hatch opened, and when Quadrant looked out, he found that it was very different from what he had imagined.

He originally thought that at most only a few old acquaintances would want to come and greet him, but due to public pressure or other reasons, they were unable to come to greet the person who "killed" the Casting General.

But now there were not only those old acquaintances outside the cabin, but also hundreds of other people, most of whom were priests, and among them there were even two senior officials dressed as sages.

"Welcome, Quadrant Sage."

"Welcome, Quadrant Sage."

A robot servant with legs transformed into tracks and a mouth transformed into a loudspeaker slowly drove past the crowd, continuously uttering cold words of welcome.

Quadrant stood up and walked out of the cabin, followed by the Imperial Guards.

The three men who had met in the "Hrud Campaign" were the first to walk towards the quadrant, performing the gear salute and issuing a binary greeting at the same time.

Quadrant recalled that he had given these three people a gift at Qin Xia's suggestion: secondary authorship rights to materials and papers related to the anti-Hrud entropy increase field technology.

Other brothers also stepped forward and performed the Gear Salute. "Sage of the Quadrant, thank you for sharing your technology. It has enabled me to obtain an academic title."

"Welcome back to Mars, Sage. The technology you share will benefit us. If you don't have any assets on Mars, you can share my assets and laboratories."

"Sage, I come from the Forge World called Qiansu II. I express my respect to you on behalf of the entire Forge World's envoys to Mars."

"..."

After fellow believers came forward to greet and talk, Quadrant gradually figured out why there were so many people here.

This relates to something he did during the Great Crusade:

After joining the World Eaters and becoming a Chronicler, Quadrant continued to carry out scientific research. Whenever the White Knights Think Tank fleet docked at a starport, Quadrant would take the technology he had researched to find the Mechanicus personnel in the galaxy and share the technology.

If the local Mechanicus wanted him to help with some research, he would agree and do it quickly.

The reason for doing this is to take revenge on Kelbohar. Kelbo is a technology monopolist, so he has to do the opposite of Kelbo. This is the idea of ​​the quadrant.

Quadrant could never have dreamed that what he did to go against Kelber would now organize a group of admirers, supporters... friends for him.

Among the hundreds of people in front of them, there are even dozens of them who are envoys from other forging worlds. The forging worlds they belong to have greatly benefited from some technology invented by the quadrant.

Even though everyone knew about the battle between Quadrant and Kelbor that severed their master-disciple relationship, when Quadrant, this generous man who asked for nothing in return, returned to Mars, he had to be welcomed no matter what... That was what the visitors thought.

"The technology gift back then was nothing. It didn't cost me many brain cells."

"If you hadn't told me I would have forgotten about it. The technology is very simple. I didn't expect you guys couldn't figure it out."

"..."

Quadrant gave all kinds of low EQ responses and left the industrial area apron surrounded by the crowd.

One of the wise men invited the quadrants that had no assets on Mars to his home.

Quadrant agreed, and took the Imperial Guards with him onto the Sage's floating vehicle. With everyone's farewell, they left the industrial zone and headed for the center of Mars.

It wasn't until a few months later that Quadrant realized what a wrong decision it was to board the floating vehicle.

Because the sage was sent by Kelborhar.

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A few months later.

Quadrant stayed in a laboratory without any useful equipment, standing bored by the window counting the distillation tower in the industrial area outside.

He was in a small building ten meters high, and the courtyard outside was full of fighters and crusaders.

At this time, the imperial guards responsible for protecting the quadrant were still staring at the target they were to protect, and looked even more numb than the fighting soldiers outside.

At first, Quadrant would ask, "Are you just going to watch me being held under house arrest?"

But since I didn't get a response, I stopped asking.

"If Qin Xia knew that I had been under house arrest for several months, he would definitely take revenge on these people for me."

"No... He has no idea where I am. He probably thinks I'm very popular on Mars."

"What should I do, Qin Xia? Use teleportation technology to leave, but where can I go? Or should I defeat those fighters and escape by force. If you were here, you could give me some advice..."

Quadrant muttered to himself.

He felt like his life was over.

He will remain under house arrest like this until the end of time.

Then he turned into a mechanical sculpture standing in front of the window looking at the outside world. When touched by others, he would say: "Qin Xia, where are you?"

And I got this comment: Quadrant. A brilliant scientist. That's it. It's that simple.

bang bang-

The knock on the door made Quadrant stop thinking about internal friction.

The door was pushed open, and the sage who had invited him to board the floating vehicle a few months ago suddenly came to the laboratory.

However, upon closer inspection… the Sage’s body began to stir, his disguise gradually faded away, and the person the Quadrant wanted to see the most appeared before him.

"No..." Qin Xia said helplessly, "I thought you were doing very well on Mars, parading around with fighters and apprentices...but you were just put under house arrest for a few months?"

Quadrant was stunned for a moment, then restarted his visual device dozens of times, but he still saw Qin Xia.

Only then did the imperial guards shift their gaze from Quadrant to Qin Xia.

"Captain of the Imperial Guards, Cole!" The captain finally spoke, saluted and reported, "A few months ago, our Lord ordered us to protect the safety of Quadrant until the Guide of No. 12 can return to the solar system and assist Quadrant in completing the task of replacing Kelborhar as the Forge General."

Cole lowered his arm and said, "The Shield Squad will be at your disposal, Guide Twelve."

After hearing these words, the quadrant on the side felt a loud bang in his ears, and his entire iron head felt numb.

"The Quadrant who is going to replace Kel Bohar as the Forge General..." The Quadrant's face had no expression, and the visual implants could not reveal any eyes. The tone was as cold as a servitor. Only his hand could be raised and pointed at himself, "Is it me, the Quadrant?"

Qin Xia didn't know how to explain for a moment and felt complicated.

On the one hand, I think it is a good idea for the Emperor to choose someone like Quadrant as a puppet to prevent Kelbor from destroying the Webway or even controlling the entire Mechanicus.

On the other hand, as a close friend of Quadrant, Qin Xia really doesn't want Quadrant to become a human seal mascot.

Is there a good solution for both the object and the emperor?
Of course there is, Qin Xia thought about it all the way.

"Don't worry."

Quadrant heard Qin Xia say to him.

"Just like before, trust me and leave it to me. It's okay."

(End of this chapter)